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Water for elephants / [sound recording] : [a novel] / Sara Gruen.

Gruen, Sara. (Author). Ledoux, David. (Added Author). Jones, John Randolph. (Added Author).

Summary:

Inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind dwell memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fateinto the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell. Jacob ws there because his luck had run out. It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with th wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. Ane rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act--in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust and ultimately it was their only hope for survival...

Record details

  • ISBN: 1598870629
  • ISBN: 9781598870626
  • Physical Description: 10 sound discs (11 hr., 30 min.) : | sound recording] : 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : HighBridge, p2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Subtitle from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by David LeDoux and John Randolph Jones.
System Details Note:
Compact discs.
Subject: Circus > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Depressions > Fiction.
Nineteen thirties > Fiction.
Circus performers > Fiction.
Genre: Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks, adult
Topic Heading: Books on compact disc

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burns Lake Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Burns Lake Public Library Audio CD GRU (Text) 35198000472606 Audio Volume hold Available -


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